What is compounding?

Compounding is finding ways to make medicine easier to take for patients.  It's making medications in different dosage strengths and forms when one is not commerically available. It is working with your physician to find the best possible way to help you achieve the best health possible. In effect, compounding is problem-solving. 

When and why do I need compounding?

Compounding is needed in some of these situations:

• When drugs are not commerically available
• When a drug needs to be customized for the customer's unique needs
• When a special drug dose or strength is needed
• When it is not affordable for a manufacturer to make a drug
• A different flavor and/or color can be added to a medication

What specific kinds of problems can compounding solve?

Here are some examples of "compounding in action" :

• A child will not take their antibiotic because they do not like the taste.  We can make antibiotics in a sugar-free chocolate flavor in a bear mold.
• A cat will not take their thyroid tablet.  We can make the thyroid medication in a topical gel that is applied to their inner ear flap.
• A dog cannot swallow tablets or capsules.  We can make their medication into a tasty dog biscuit, in whatever flavor they like.

Whether you need a particular dosage strength, or a better tasting medication, or whatever the case may be, rest assured that we can find the solution. Let us be your problem-solving specialists!

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